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Issue Details

Issue #37
Published November-December 1957
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (President); Helen Meyer (Vice President); Albert P. Delacorte (Vice President)

Cover Details

Characters Lassie
Synopsis Full-page color photo of Lassie standing in a haystack.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (photo)
Inks ? (photo)
Colors ? (photo)
Notes front cover

9 page Lassie story "Farewell to Rio"

Characters Lassie; Gerry; Rocky; Dr. Ramos (veterinarian); Maria Ramos (Dr. Ramos' wife); Carla Ramos (Dr. Ramos' daughter)
Synopsis When Lassie develops a deadly allergy to a grass in the Amazonian jungle, Rocky and Gerry find a home for her with friends in the American Midwest.
Genre adventure; animal; children
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8 page Lassie story "The New Home"

Characters Lassie; Jeff Miller; Ellen Miller (Jeff's mother); Gramps Miller (Jeff's grandfather); Train Conductor; Andy (station master); Billy; Billy's Mother; Townspeople; Stumpy (tramp); Blackie (tramp); Sheriff
Synopsis Lassie arrives in the United States and meets the Miller family but is lost and held in a forest shack by two penniless tramps who plan to sell her.
Genre adventure; animal; children
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1 page text story "The Cure"

Characters Fortuno; Joey Chalmers; Chico (guide); Dr. Chalmers (Joey's father); Awanee (Amazonian chieftain); Awanee's Son
Synopsis Awanee mistrusts white men and refuses to allow his people to be treated at Dr. Chalmers's clinic. When the doctor's dog Fortuno saves Awanee's drowning son, the Chief's mistrust lessens and he permits his people to be treated.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Pencils ? (header illustration)
Inks ? (header illustration)
Colors ? (header illustration)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Walt Disney Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1968 series) #46.

4 page Blaze story "On his farm home..."

Characters Blaze (yearling colt); Young Buck; Wolverine; Lucifer (ram); Emperor (bull)
Synopsis Blaze encounters a hostile buck in the meadow but the two join forces to chase away a wolverine.
Genre adventure; animal; children
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10 page Lassie story "Test of Fire"

Characters Lassie; Timmy; Jeff Miller; Ellen Miller (Jeff's mother); Gramps Miller (Jeff's grandfather); Porky (Jeff's friend); Pokey (Porky's dog); Camper; County Conservation Officers
Synopsis Lassie, Jeff, Porky, and Pokey go camping but are trapped in a forest fire set by a careless camper. Lassie travels through the flames for help and brings county conservation officers and a helicopter to the rescue.
Genre adventure; animal; children
Letters typeset